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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459629903321

Autore

Montell William Lynwood <1931->

Titolo

Kentucky folk architecture / / William Lynwood Montell and Michael Lynn Morse

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lexington, Kentucky : , : University Press of Kentucky, , [1995]

©1995

ISBN

0-8131-0843-8

0-8131-4839-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (120 p.)

Collana

The Kentucky bicentennial bookshelf Kentucky folk architecture

Disciplina

720/.9769

Soggetti

Vernacular architecture - Kentucky

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: 1976. With new preface.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 101-104).

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface to Paperback Edition; 1 Folklife Research and the Culture Landscape; 2 Folk Houses; 3 Construction Aspects; 4 Barns and Cribs; Epilogue; House and Bam Plans; Notes to the Reader

Sommario/riassunto

<P>A concise and amply illustrated introduction to Kentucky folk structures--log cabins, houses, cribs, and barns--that should be treasured as irreplaceable expressions of the cultural values of the Commonwealth's past.</P>